Competition Announcement

I would like to invite you and your students to participate in an upcoming contest. Samaritan Aviation is currently partnering with Base Productions and Blur Studio to offer an exciting Design Competition opportunity! We would be honored if you could include this contest into your curriculum for this upcoming school year.

We are looking for a modern, animated version of “The Good Samaritan” with a twist, using either a story from our Mercy Flight or Life Flight programs. Sample ideas include but are not limited to:

o Mercy Flights (USA)
+ Man/Woman traveling to a specialist/cancer treatment
+ Man/Woman/Child in hospice care getting to go home to family Man/Woman/Child traveling to receive an organ transplant
o Life Flights(Papua New Guinea, Float Plane)
+ Expectant mother in labor distress being rescued
+ Man/Woman/Child bit by a poisonous snake needing emergency medicine
+ Man/Woman/Child who fell from a tree, broke their back & needs hospital care


Storyboards and narrations submitted by the deadline will be judged by a panel of three: Samaritan Aviation’s President, Gary Bustin; Base Production’s Vice President of Production, John Davis; and Blur Studio’s Executive Producer, Al Shier.

The top ten ranked storyboards will then be invited to submit animations. The winning animator will win $1,000.00 and a half hour interview with Blur Studio’s Executive Producer, Al Shier. (www.blur.com)

The winning narrator will win $500.00 and a half hour interview with Base Production’s Vice President of Production, John Davis. (www.baseproductions.com)

Please direct your students to visit our website to learn more about what Samaritan Aviation does. You’ll also be able to read more about the contest and submit projects through the site.

Deadline for Story Boards & Narrations: Deadline for Selected Animations:
October 12th, 2011 December 6th, 2011

We look forward to seeing the creative and talented submissions your students are capable of producing!